Shandon Armstrong
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was to be a parent, and if at times all poor kids were some kind of well-intentioned regret.
“I often think life is just a performance. None of this is real. It’s a pretense at reality, that’s all. Only when someone, or something, we love dies, do we wake up from the play—and see how artificial it all is—this constructed reality we inhabit. We suddenly realize that life is in no way lasting, or permanent; no future exists—and nothing we do matters. And in desolation, we howl and scream and rail at the heavens, until, at some point, we do the inevitable: we eat, dress, and brush our teeth. We continue with the marionette-like motions of life, however unhinged it feels to do so. Then, ever so slowly, the illusion takes over again—until we forget that we are actors in a play. Until the next tragedy strikes—to wake us up.”
― The Fury
― The Fury
“Our privileges are the things not within our own control that push us forward and move us ahead from that starting line. Acknowledging them does not mean you are admitting to doing something to purposefully contribute to someone else’s oppression or marginalization. Nay, friends. It means you recognize that some part of your identity puts you in a better position than others. It means something about you assists your progress in the race of life. It also means that whatever majority group you belong to has likely contributed to the oppression of another. Knowing our privilege does not make us villains, but it should make us more conscious about the parts we play in systems that are greater than us. It should make us be more thoughtful; it should humble us. We need to admit that some of us had a head start and aren’t just flourishing on our strength alone.”
― I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
― I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
“I knew it,” Margie said. “I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, I knew it,” she added angrily. She kicked her chair away and stormed into the kitchen and back, her eyes flailing around the room for something to glare at. Ryan didn’t know anything, and it seemed unfair that she apparently knew five things.”
― A Hundred Billion Ghosts
― A Hundred Billion Ghosts
“The female body was particularly absorbent when it came to shame. If you wrung out any woman’s body, you would discover it was soaked in shame.”
― When We Lost Our Heads
― When We Lost Our Heads
“Sometimes the most beautiful moments in our lives are things that hurt badly at the time. We only see them for what they really were when we stand at the very end and look back.”
― The Love That Split the World
― The Love That Split the World
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